The MIT researchers could easily change the balance towards Li-air batteries in the near future just by changing the actual electrode materials. In the paper published in the journal Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, the researchers showed that by changing the carbon electrodes with gold or platinum electrodes as a catalyst, the efficiency of the battery will increase.

Binod Kumar, a research engineer and leader of UDRI’s electrochemical power group said that the university is looking for partners that could license the ÃƒÂ¢€Ã…â€œbreakthroughÃƒÂ¢€ technology for manufacturing the batteries.